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ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
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desk-mounted microphones.
When a Board member spoke
Portuguese (José Ubiracy Silva of
Brazil), Italian (Giuseppe Viale), or
Japanese (Takanori Sugitani), his
colleagues put on headphones to
hear simultaneous translation by
interpreters sitting in mirrored-glass
booths overlooking the boardroom.
Other directors, such as Frederick Lin
from Taiwan, Saowalak Rattanavich
from Thailand, and Eduardo San Martín
Carreño from Spain, spoke in English.
Few directors spoke for much more
than a minute. Lest anyone drone on,
another innovation timed discussions
in fast-ticking green numbers on each
director’s monitor.
All in all, the conclave was the very
model of a modern board meeting.
The Board analysed the activities
of its own individual members over
the previous three months. As with
any other business, each director,
committee and staff division has
measurable annual goals aligned
with the organisational goals, broadly
referred to as KPIs (key performance
indicators). At each meeting, the
directors examine the progress
made toward those goals. Directors
learn from the best practices of the
other directors.
Vice President Greg Podd, an
accountant from Colorado, was in
charge of these presentations and had
“Rotary’s Board of Directors spent
three days addressing dozens of issues
that boiled down to one: How will the
organisation Harris founded thrive in
its second century?”
clearly done his preparatory work.
Ravindran commended Manoj Desai
from India on his well-structured plan
to make working visits to each of
his districts – while suggesting that
another zone was falling behind. The
president has asked directors to visit
60 per cent of their districts and have
personal contact with at least 80 per
cent of their district governors.
Between meetings, the directors
chatted in the 18th-floor atrium, a
sunny space under skylights that show
the Rotary flag flying on the building’s
roof. On the east end of the floor, with
its postcard view of Lake Michigan, the
photos of the 104 Rotary presidents
who preceded Ravindran are displayed
alongside a bust of Paul Harris. Glass
cases hold a rotating exhibit from
Rotary’s archives, such as sheet music
for The Rotarian, a marching song
and letters between Rotary founder
Harris and a friend, Grace Mann of
Jacksonville, Fla. In 1906 she wrote to
commend him on his original Rotary
club constitution: “I would say you are
a man of letters like Hamilton, a man
capable of great things”.
Back in the boardroom, the directors
took up another matter as part of a
larger discussion on membership:
The 19 Board members and the general secretary gather for an
official photo with RI staff photographer Monika Lozinska.